TECH
News SOUNDBYTES
COSMIC
Anyone needing
intergalactic sounds for
their tracks should look
no further than Native
Instrument’s Sonic
Fiction. Sonic Fiction
CRYSTAL METHOD
aims to provide
authentic sci-fi inspired
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT
sounds for any cosmic
production. Used in
ROLAND JUPITER 6 SYNTH
conjunction with NI’s
free Kore Player, Sonic
“We originally discovered how great the Jupiter 6 was including ‘Blowout’ from ‘Tweekend’, plus ‘Double Down Fiction is available from
from our good friend Q of Uberzone. We use this old Under’, ‘Slipstream’ and ‘Blunts & Robots’ from our co.native-instruments.
analogue synth all the time; we even used to take it out newest album, ‘Divided By Night’. com for £60.
on the road — a very bad idea. “We still desperately want a Jupiter 8 — hint, hint! Does
“Ours works great and I haven’t seen a virtual version yet. anyone wanna give us a good deal on one? But until we
The Jupiter 6 sounds truly amazing and it is pretty easy to have one, the Jupiter 6 will continue to be our main synth
program. You can hear the Jupiter 6 on a lot of our tracks, of choice.”
EAR, EAR!
We were deluged by entries for
our recent ‘Ear, Ear’ competition,
organised with our friends at
Atomic Floyd, who make
wonderful in-ear headphones CITY SOUNDS
that sound like having a proper The Berlin music scene
concert rig in your head. has infl uenced the
We discovered a pair of their electro and minimal
MAC
Twistjax in-ear headphones lying music genres like no
around DJmag’s Tech HQ, so we other city in the world.
ENVY
pulled another winner out the Ueberschall capture this
bag and these rather splendid with their Sounds of
Euphonix recently added the MC Transport to listening devices are now on their Berlin sample pack,
their control range, a studio controller way to Karl Batterbee, of London. which contains 1gig of
designed to offer quick and easy control of Made from all sorts of hi-tech samples and loops to
studio software. From its tactile rubberised materials like kevlar and titanium, ensure that anyone
feel and the response of its high resolution these little beauts aim to give the wanting to produce
jog-wheel and shuttle ring, to its listener a true musical experience. these genres has all the
programmable soft keys and transport £129 for atomicfl
oyd.com sample tools at their
controls, MC Transport provides professional disposal. £99 from
navigation and editing of all your favourite
ueberschall.com
music applications.
It comes complete with a comprehensive set of
pre-programmed templates for all major audio
applications, including Logic, Cubase, Ableton
JARGON: DVS
Live and the likes, that instantly come up
whenever each application is in focus on the
BUSTED: Digital Vinyl System
computer screen — a neat touch. All soft keys, DVS is a three-letter acronym that stands for Digital
transport controls and numeric keys can also Vinyl System. Serato Scratch Live and Traktor
be fully customised, and can be easily Scratch Pro are examples of Digital Vinyl Systems.
programmed for a variety of functions. A DVS gives the hands-on feel of vinyl mixing by
Slimline, it can be used either as a standalone using time-coded records and decks for control of
unit or connected to additional Euphonix MC laptop mix functions, with the added advantages
mix controllers to create a larger, more of storing almost unlimited amount of tracks and
detailed control set-up. But PC users will just digital FX. So no more bad backs due to ridiculously
have to drool in envy, as this is for Mac users heavy record boxes!
only.
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